President Donald Trump called for unity in the aftermath of Wednesday's shooting at a GOP baseball practice in Alexandria that has left Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise in a critical condition.

"My dear friend Steve Scalise took a bullet for all of us and because of him — and all the tremendous pain and suffering he has endured, he is having a hard time, far worse than anyone thought — our country will perhaps become closer, more unified, so important," Trump said.